Riley Nelson gets the hit during play against Milbank On Monday, April 20, the Lennox High School boys’ tennis team traveled to Tomar Park in Sioux Falls for a triangular meet against Mitchell and SF Christian. The varsity squad started the day off playing doubles against Mitchell. The Flight #1 duo of Eli Plank and Wyatt Holland started off strong with a 6-3 first set win, but Mitchell battled back to take the second set 6-1 and the match tie breaker 10-3. Duncan Johnso

Sierra Wesseling Abbie Wildeboer and Jona Leo— all three lifters competed at the High School Nationals in Omaha A trio of Lennox High School powerlifters capped their seasons with strong performances against top competition from across the country at the Powerlifting America High School Nationals, held April 17–18 in Omaha. Under the direction of coach Jona Leo, powerlifters Abbie Wildeboer, Sierra Wesseling and Gavin Horner represented Lennox on one of the sport’s biggest hi

The Lennox High School boys’ tennis team hosted Vermillion on Thursday, April 16. The varsity started off with doubles where the team played some smart and consistent points to take the win at all three flights, taking a 3-0 lead into singles. The Orioles kept the momentum going and scored wins from Eli Plank at flight #1, Chase Lundquist at flight #4 and Riley Nelson at flight #6. This gave the team a 6-3 dual win and improved their record to 2-0 on the season. In JV

A fifth-inning RBI single from Jaxson Bittner proved to be the difference as Lennox edged Sioux Falls Christian, 1-0, on April 13 in a tightly contested pitchers’ duel. With both teams locked in a scoreless battle through four innings, Lennox broke through in the top of the fifth. Mason Reischl led off with a single and advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt by Justin Butler. After a walk to Cade Aasheim put runners on the corners, Bittner delivered with a ground ball single

Hailey Hahn throws out the pitch during play against Sioux Falls Christian. The Lennox High School softball team opened its 2026 season with a thrilling 12-11 extra-inning victory over Sioux Falls Christian on Thursday, April 9. Sioux Falls Christian struck first in the top of the opening inning, helping them push across the early run. Lennox answered quickly in the bottom half behind key at-bats from Abbie Wildeboer and Macy Wallenstein, who delivered an RBI single to even

Cole Spieler gets the out at first in the Orioles’ match-up against Beresford. The Lennox High School baseball team enjoyed a busy week that saw the team record four wins, improving their record to 6-0. On Monday, April 6 the Orioles battled back from an early deficit to earn a 13-10 win over Madison. Lennox struck first in the bottom of the opening inning, taking advantage of control issues on the mound. After three hit batters and a pair of walks, the Orioles pushed acro

By Dana Hess For the S.D. NewsMedia Association PIERRE — Scheduling difficulties, as well as other factors, may lead to the demise of the state wrestling duals tournament. At its meeting on Wednesday, March 4, members of the South Dakota High School Activities Association board of directors learned about possibility of discontinuing the tournament. SDHSAA Assistant Executive Director Randy Soma told the board that the wresting advisory panel voted 6-0 in favor of discontinuin

The Lennox High School baseball team used a strong early offensive surge and dominant pitching to defeat the Tri-County Sundogs, 10-2, on Tuesday, March 31. Lennox set the tone immediately after escaping a first-inning threat. Starting pitcher Mason Reischl struck out the first two Sundogs batters, and despite two Orioles errors that allowed Tri-County runners aboard, Lennox kept the visitors off the scoreboard. In the bottom of the first inning, the Orioles quickly took adva

The Lennox High School softball team was scheduled to open its 2026 season on April 7 on the road at Vermillion but cold temperatures postponed that match-up. The team will host Sioux Falls Christian High School on April 9 at 4 p.m. Lennox returns to its home field again on April 13 when the Orioles welcome Canton. Now in her second season as head coach, Lindsay Nicola leads the Orioles alongside assistant coaches Clint Johnson and Scott Eli. Johnson enters his third year ass

The Lennox Legion baseball program is entering a new chapter this season with significant changes to its coaching structure, including the adoption of paid coaching positions and several leadership transitions across all levels of the program. After extensive research by the Legion baseball group, program leaders have decided to move to a paid coaching system — a model already used by nearly all Legion programs of similar or larger size. Officials said the change is designed